Medical Review Officer Center (MRO)

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Mandatory alcohol and drug testing is now required of all intrastate truckers, commercial driver's license holders, and other transportation workers. In joint government agreements, the United States, Canada, and Mexico also monitor truckers crossing international borders. More than 70 percent of large private employers require drug and alcohol testing. ACOEM has been the educational provider of choice for MROs since 1990; more than 12,000 physicians have completed ACOEM's highly acclaimed training.

MRO Update is written and edited by Robert Swotinsky, MD, MPH, a certified MRO and Substance Abuse Professional (SAP) who is board certified in occupational medicine. Dr. Swotinsky is affiliated with the University of Massachusetts after practicing clinical medicine at Reliant Medical Group in Worcester, Mass., where he chaired their occupational health department for 11 years. He is coauthor of The Medical Review Officer’s Manual and is on the Medical Review Officer Certification Council’s Examination Development Committee. Dr. Swotinsky also serves on the faculty for ACOEM’s MRO training courses.

Published 10 times a year, MRO Update contains clear, concise, and practical articles on topics such as:

BACK ISSUES – Complete sets from 2007 — 2013 are available through our Product Catalog for $150 per set. You may view each year’s topical index here: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2014. Single copies of back issues are also available for $15 each. Call ACOEM Publications Department at 847/818-1800, ext. 387 to place an order or to check on availability of indexes and issues prior to 2007.

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This is a free limited e-mail list designed to foster communications regarding drug and alcohol testing and MRO or SAP services between professionals working in the field (BATs, MROs, SAPs, etc.). To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail to MROLISTSERVE@GMAIL.com and put “subscribe" in the subject line and in the message.

This link will take you to the web site of the Medical Review Officer Certification Council (MROCC). The MRO Code of Ethics was established by the MROCC Board of Directors on July 15, 2003, and endorsed by the ACOEM Board of Directors on November 4, 2004.

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Founded in 1916, ACOEM is the nation's largest medical society dedicated to promoting the health of workers through preventive medicine, clinical care, research, and education. A dynamic group of physicians encompassing specialists in a variety of medical practices is united via the College to develop positions and policies on vital issues relevant to the practice of preventive medicine both within and outside of the workplace.